22 U.S.C. § 9307

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 9307 - Reports

(a) Global Food Security Strategy implementation reports

For each of the fiscal years through 2028, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes the status of the implementation of the Global Food Security Strategy during the preceding year, which shall-

(1) contain a summary of the Global Food Security Strategy as an appendix;

(2) identify any substantial changes made in the Global Food Security Strategy during the preceding calendar year, including any changes to the target countries selected pursuant to the selection criteria described in section 9304(a)(2) of this title and justifications for any such changes;

(3) identify and describe the progress made in implementing the Global Food Security Strategy;

(4) identify and describe the priority quantitative metrics used to establish baselines and performance targets at the initiative, country, and zone of influence levels;

(5) identify such established baselines and performance targets at the country and zone of influence levels;

(6) identify the output and outcome benchmarks and indicators used to measure results annually, and report the annual measurement of results for each of the priority metrics identified pursuant to paragraph (4), disaggregated by age, gender, and disability, to the extent practicable and appropriate, in an open and transparent manner that is accessible to the people of the United States;

(7) describe related strategies and benchmarks for graduating target countries and communities from assistance provided under the Global Food Security Strategy over time, including by building resilience, reducing risk, and enhancing the sustainability of outcomes from United States investments in food and nutrition security;

(8) indicate how quantitative and qualitative findings from monitoring and evaluation were incorporated into program design and budget decisions at the initiative, country, and zone of influence levels, including longitudinal data and key uncertainties;

(9) contain a transparent, open, and detailed accounting of spending by relevant Federal departments and agencies to implement the Global Food Security Strategy, including, for each Federal department and agency, the statutory source of spending, amounts spent within target countries, amounts and justification for any spending outside of target countries, implementing partners and targeted beneficiaries, and activities supported to the extent practicable and appropriate;

(10) describe how the Global Food Security Strategy leverages other United States food security and development assistance programs on the continuum from emergency food aid through sustainable, agriculture-led economic growth and eventual self-sufficiency;

(11) describe the contributions of the Global Food Security Strategy to, and assess the impact of, broader international food and nutrition security assistance programs, including progress in the promotion of land tenure rights, creating economic opportunities for women and small-scale producers, and stimulating agriculture-led economic growth in target countries and communities;

(12) assess efforts to coordinate United States international food security and nutrition programs, activities, and initiatives with key stakeholders;

(13) assess United States Government-facilitated private investment in related sectors and efforts to encourage financial donor burden sharing and the impact of such investment and efforts in target countries and communities;

(14) describe how agriculture research is prioritized within the Global Food Security Strategy to support agriculture-led growth and eventual self-sufficiency and assess efforts to coordinate research programs within the Global Food Security Strategy with key stakeholders;

(15) identify any United States legal or regulatory impediments that could obstruct the effective implementation of the programming referred to in paragraphs (8) and (9);¹

(16) contain a clear gender analysis of programming, to inform project-level activities, that includes established disaggregated gender indicators to better analyze outcomes for food productivity, income growth, control of assets, equity in access to inputs, jobs and markets, and nutrition;

(17) incorporate a plan for regularly reviewing and updating strategies, partnerships, and programs and sharing lessons learned, including key challenges or missteps, with a wide range of stakeholders in an open, transparent manner; and

(18) during the final year of each strategy required under section 9304 of this title, complete country graduation reports to determine whether a country should remain a target country based on quantitative and qualitative analysis.

(b) Global food security crosscut report

Not later than 120 days after the President submits the budget to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report including-

(1) an interagency budget crosscut report that-

(A) displays the budget proposed, including any planned interagency or intra-agency transfer, for each of the principal Federal agencies that carries out global food security activities in the upcoming fiscal year, separately reporting the amount of planned funding to be provided under existing laws pertaining to the global food security strategy to the extent available; and

(B) to the extent available, identifies all assistance and research expenditures at the account level in each of the five prior fiscal years by the Federal Government and United States multilateral commitments using Federal funds for global food security strategy activities;

(2) to the extent available, a detailed accounting of all assistance funding received and obligated by the principal Federal agencies identified in the report and United States multilateral commitments using Federal funds, for global food security activities during the current fiscal year; and

(3) a breakout of the proposed budget for the current and budget years by agency, categorizing expenditures by type of funding, including research, resiliency, and other food security activities to the extent that such information is available.

(c) Public availability of information

The information referred to in subsections (a) and (b) shall be made available on the public website of the United States Agency for International Development in an open, machine readable format, in a timely manner.

¹See References in Text note below.

22 U.S.C. § 9307

Pub. L. 114-195, §8, July 20, 2016, 130 Stat. 682; Pub. L. 115-266, §3, Oct. 11, 2018, 132 Stat. 3755; Pub. L. 117-263, div. E, title LV, §5588(h), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3379.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTParagraphs (8) and (9), referred to in subsec. (a)(15), were redesignated as pars. (10) and (11), respectively, of subsec. (a) of this section by Pub. L. 117-263, div. E, title LV, §5588(h)(5), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3379.

AMENDMENTS2022-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(1), in introductory provisions, substituted "For each of the fiscal years through 2028," for "During each of the first 7 years after the date of the submission of the strategy required under section 9304(c) of this title,", "a report that describes" for "reports that describe", and "during the preceding year" for "at the end of the reporting period".Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(2), inserted ",including any changes to the target countries selected pursuant to the selection criteria described in section 9304(a)(2) of this title and justifications for any such changes" before semicolon at end.Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(3), inserted "identify and" before "describe".Subsec. (a)(4) to (6). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(6), added pars. (4) to (6) and struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: "identify the indicators used to establish benchmarks and measure results over time, as well as the mechanisms for reporting such results in an open and transparent manner;". Former pars. (5) and (6) redesignated (7) and (8), respectively.Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(5), (7), redesignated par. (5) as (7) and substituted "food" for "agriculture". Former par. (7) redesignated (9). Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(5), (8), redesignated par. (6) as (8) and inserted "quantitative and qualitative" after "how" and "at the initiative, country, and zone of influence levels, including longitudinal data and key uncertainties" before semicolon at end. Former par. (8) redesignated (10).Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(5), (9), redesignated par. (7) as (9) and inserted "within target countries, amounts and justification for any spending outside of target countries" after "amounts spent". Former par. (9) redesignated (11). Subsec. (a)(10) to (12). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(5), redesignated pars. (8), (9), and (10) as (10), (11), and (12), respectively. Former pars. (10), (11), and (12) redesignated (12), (13), and (15), respectively.Subsec. (a)(13). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(5), (10), redesignated par. (11) as (13) and substituted "and efforts to encourage financial donor burden sharing and the impact of such investment and efforts" for "and the impact of private sector investment".Subsec. (a)(14). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(11), added par. (14). Former par. (14) redesignated (17).Subsec. (a)(15). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(4), redesignated par. (12) as (15).Subsec. (a)(16). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(4), (12), redesignated par. (13) as (16) and struck out "and" at end. Subsec. (a)(17). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(4), (13), redesignated par. (14) as (17) and inserted ",including key challenges or missteps," after "lessons learned" and substituted ";and" for period at end. Subsec. (a)(18). Pub. L. 117-263, §5588(h)(14), added par. (18). 2018-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115-266 substituted, in introductory provisions, "During each of the first 7 years" for "Not later than 1 year and 2 years" and "at the end of the reporting period" for "for 2017 and 2018".

EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS

DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Functions of President under subsec. (a) of this section delegated to the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development by Memorandum of President of the United States, Sept. 30, 2016, 81 F.R. 76483, set out as a note under section 9304 of this title.

Global Food Security Strategy: The term "Global Food Security Strategy" means the strategy developed and implemented pursuant to section 9304(a) of this title.
appropriate congressional committees: The term "appropriate congressional committees" means-(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;(B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;(E) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; and(F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
food and nutrition security: The term "food and nutrition security" means access to, and availability, utilization, and stability of, sufficient food to meet caloric and nutritional needs for an active and healthy life.
key stakeholders: The term "key stakeholders" means actors engaged in efforts to advance global food security programs and objectives, including-(A) relevant Federal departments and agencies;(B) national and local governments in target countries;(C) other bilateral donors;(D) international and regional organizations;(E) international, regional, and local financial institutions;(F) international, regional, and local private voluntary, nongovernmental, faith-based, and civil society organizations;(G) the private sector, including agribusinesses and relevant commodities groups;(H) local agricultural producers, including farmer and fisher organizations, cooperatives, small-scale producers, youth, and women; and(I) agricultural research and academic institutions, including land-grant universities and extension services.
relevant Federal departments and agencies: The term "relevant Federal departments and agencies" means the United States Agency for International Development, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the United States International Development Finance Corporation, the Peace Corps, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the United States African Development Foundation, the Inter-American Foundation, the United States Geological Survey, and any other department or agency specified by the President for purposes of this section.
resilience: The term "resilience" means the ability of people, households, communities, countries, and agriculture and food systems to mitigate, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses to food security, including global food catastrophes, in a manner that reduces chronic vulnerability and facilitates inclusive growth.
sustainable: The term "sustainable" means the ability of a target country, community, implementing partner, or intended beneficiary to maintain, over time, the programs authorized and outcomes achieved pursuant to this chapter.
target country: The term "target country" means a developing country that is selected to participate in food and nutrition security and agriculture-led economic growth programs under the Global Food Security Strategy pursuant to the selection criteria described in section 9304(a)(2) of this title, including criteria such as the potential for agriculture-led economic growth, government commitment to agricultural investment and policy reform, opportunities for partnerships and regional synergies, the level of need, and resource availability.